Man charged in spate of bank robberies

A man charged in a bank robbery in Oak Forest last month was captured in Florida and is suspected in as many as 12 bank robberies in five states in the last month, the FBI announced today.

Authorities captured Jonathan A. Gilmore, formerly of Southington, Connecticut, was arrested Tuesday in Boca Raton, Florida, according to a release from the Chicago FBI Field Office.

Gilmore faces a charge of bank robbery in the holdup a Sept. 1 of InBranch Bank, 15533 S. Cicero Ave., in Oak Forest, according to the FBI.

Gilmore also is charged in connection with bank robberies in Tampa, Florida; Knoxville, Tennessee; and Port St. Lucie, Florida. He is being held without bond pending his next court appearance in Florida, according to the FBI.